The Photo(s) of the Week

Exit, métro George V,
Champs-Elysées, Friday, 1. June 2001.

Exclusive From Metropole Paris

Paris:- Sunday, 3. June:- During the past week I
didn't make any wide-ranging tours and tried to cut down on
the number of photos. An average issue of Metropole may
contain 35 to 40 new photos, and lately these have been
selected from as many as a 100 shots.

All of these require at least some minimum treatment.
Generally it means making them as 'ready-to-use' as
possible, so a selection for the weekly magazine doesn't
take much more time than reducing their sizes so that they
will display quickly.

To put it in a nutshell, treating 50 new photos takes
half the time of 100. It also means that there is less to
chose from for this page - but this means little because
interesting photos are 'found' and not made. As it has
turned out, the two here are not 'super,' but they are
worth more than just putting in the archive.

Photo No 1:- Last Friday was not a super weather
day when I got into the métro but it had changed its
mind when I came out of the George V exit on the
Champs-Elysées. It is like Paris is giving us these
little hints of what it can be like if it feels like
trying.

Photo No 2:- The photo below, shot on my way out
of the club meeting in La Corona on Thursday, is merely of
the crosswalk and the Louvre opposite the café.
Again it was a dodgy-weather day, and this was a
split-second image of Paris' promised summer weather.

About the Photos

Metropole's exclusive photos shown on this page have
been taken in Paris or the Ile-de-France during the week
preceding the issue's Monday publication date. You can
expect to see a new photo - or photos, or images - offered
here each week. Many of Metropole's photos from past issues
are also available.

How To Order the Photos or Images

1. - Choose the week's offer of a photo or an
image presented on this page. Or choose one from past
issues - or from the links below. Select any photo you want
by clicking on it and then 'save it.' The photo saved on
your hard disk will have a Metropole reference file name
like 'cafe620b.jpg.' Note this file name.

2. - Send an email to Ric, saying you want the
photo, and give its reference file name.

3. - In return you will receive an email giving
you simple details of how to order the photo or image. When
your reply to confirm the order is received, the photo or
image will be sent to you with a minimum of delay as an
attachment to an email.

This is all there is to it. No forms to fill out, no
card numbers to type in, no messages from 'robots' other
than 'Ed.' No 'spam' at all.

Photos From Past Issues

The first photo was offered in Metropole's issue 6.10.
This shows a view of the Rue Norvins on Montmartre,
very similar to a well-known scene painted by Maurice
Utrillo.

Other 'looking for spring' photos were featured in issue
6.13. They show a view taken just below the cathedral in
Blois and how the
Seine looks when it is over-excited by rainy weather.

'Spring in Paris' made a false start a few weeks ago
with the annual 'free Sunday' for museums in France and
Europe. One photo shows a view of the Louvre's Pyramid instead of a
long line to get in, and another features a detail from a
Latin Quarter restaurant exterior.

Several weeks ago the opening photo showed the view from
Dimitri's atelier
window, over a bit of Paris that hides behind the usual
fronts of buildings on the streets. The second photo was of
the Pont des Arts, to complement the issue's 'Echoes Along
the Seine' excerpt from the book by Robert F. Burgess.

Issue 6.16's 'photo of the week' pictured some informal
boules players in the Arènes de
Lutèce, built by the Romans about 200 AD. As
much as a monument Paris may be, it is still a playground
for today's Parisians.

The 'photo of the week' for Issue 6.17 showed a sunset
view of the Tower and the
Flame, shot from the Place de l'Alma towards the Flame
of Liberty there and the Tour Eiffel beyond it beside the
Seine.

Issue 6.18's 'photo of the week' showed a more usual
view of a storm
coming. In this case it was coming to my own street in
Paris, just after I'd made a 'between storms' tour to get
the week's poster shots.

The 'photos of the week' in issue 6.20 featured a view
of Concorde's Fontaine
des Mers on a good day and the second photo depicted
some stone paving work, in front of the Institut de France
in the Latin Quarter.

Issue 6.21's 'photos of the week' showed a view of a
sunny Sunday in the Rue
Daguerre and the second photo showed Latin Quarter
types hanging out at one of the most popular places in the
quarter, La Palette in the Rue de Seine.

Details About the Images

To fit most computer monitors, the photo size is
standardized at 750 pixels high by 1000 wide - or 5.2 by
6.9 inches, or 13.2 by 17.6 cms.

The photos are compressed in the 'high-quality' JPG
format and are reduced to 350 to 550 Ko for Internet
transmission. With dialup access, a photo of this
file size takes three
to five minutes to download.

Cartoons and drawings may be slightly odd sizes. For
copyright reasons Metropole's featured 'Posters of the
Week' are not available.

The crosswalk near La
Corona.

When possible, each photo or image will be accompanied
with its 'history.' This will include the original image's
date and location in Paris, and perhaps some additional
comments by 'Ed.'

In rare cases a photo image file may be damaged by
transit through the Internet. If this seems to be the case,
please complain
bitterly and the photo image file will be re-sent as
soon as possible.

Viewing the Photos

The photos can be viewed on your monitor's screen by
placing the photo image file in the directory or folder
with your other 'screensaver' or 'wallpaper' images.
Software utility programs for viewing the photos are
usually provided with operating systems, or can be obtained
from third parties. Many of these are 'shareware' programs
- to be paid for somewhat like Metropole's photo/image
offer.

Copyright of the Photos and Images

All reproduction rights are reserved by Richard
Erickson. You are allowed to use the photos for personal
and non-commercial uses only. The resolution of the
delivered photos is 144 ppi and prints of the photos are
permitted for personal and non-commercial use only. For any
other uses, write to Richard Erickson. Your
name and email address will not lent, sold or given away to
any third parties.